DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z June 22, 2011
Eastern US: Much of the western Atlantic/eastern U.S. coast from central Florida to North Carolina is covered with moderately dense to dense smoke that is originating predominantly from the Honey Prairie wildfire in the Okefenokee Swamp, GA. A larger area of thin density smoke is visible over much of Florida and the northeast Gulf of Mexico as far north as southern New Hampshire and as far west as Michigan. Also contributing to this smoke coverage are several fires in North Carolina and northern Florida. The thickest smoke was observed off the coast of Georgia this evening. Texas coast/northwest Gulf of Mexico: A broad area of light remnant smoke is seen over southeast Texas and offshore into the Gulf of Mexico for approximately 300-400km. This smoke likely originated from fires in central and northern Mexico. Northern Canada: Wildfires in northeast Alberta, northern Saskatchewan, and southern Northwest Territories are collectively responsible for a light to locally dense smoke plume located over the much of the Northwest Territories and the Yukon Territory. The smoke is moving to the northwest this evening. -Ramirez THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE..TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG: http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/land/hms.html GIS: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm KML: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov